| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 71 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Ryan Douglass. |
| Cast |
Bill Laswell, Lee Ranaldo, Martin Bisi. |
| Summary |
For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. After a chance New York encounter, the studio was founded with money from Brian Eno, who subsequently worked on the album On Land there. Working with Bill Laswell and the band Material, Bisi recorded Herbie Hancock's hit Rockit in this underground space. This was the first mainstream, popular song to feature a DJ and a turntable, utilizing 'scratching'. Following that success, Bisi worked with many other influential musicians there, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Angels of Light, John Zorn, Foetus and the Dresden Dolls. He has recorded across many genres, from experimental music, to hip hop and indie rock in the old factory building by the contaminated Gowanus Canal. However, the future of the recording studio is in question as it is squeezed in by the encroaching gentrification of the neighborhood. A new, massive Whole Foods supermarket across the street is the latest addition to this once out-of-the-way area, that Bisi fears will increase property values to the point of pushing out long-time renters and artists like himself. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Sound studios -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Rock groups -- United States.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Leavitt, Sara, director, producer.
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Douglass, Ryan (Filmmaker), director, producer.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Sound & chaos |
| Music No. |
MWT14662588 |
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